Leonard Cassuto

My latest for the CHE, on collaboration between science and industry: chronicle.com/article/its-ti…

Tonight at IPK: Carlo Rotella discusses his new book What Can I Get Out of This?: Teaching and Learning in a Classroom Full of Skeptics with @LCassuto and @DumiLM.

A nifty, unexpected, and ironic argument: universities can preserve their academic freedom by invoking their rights as corporations. #highered #college #academia insidehighered.com/opinion/views/…

My latest CHE column, on how we're advising grad students during these unprecedentedly hard times. #gradschool #highered #phdchat | Doctoral Advising in the Apocalypse chronicle.com/article/doctor…

I was honored (not just saying that) to give the commencement address at the grad school graduation at Oakland University in Michigan. Plus it was fun. #highered #AcademicTwitter #PhD

Jill Lepore has an eye for what matters. nytimes.com/2025/04/04/opi…

"Show the work." --Abram Van Engen. #humanities #highered #academictwitter #college The Lizard Theory of Higher Ed arcmag.org/the-lizard-the…

A few words from a religious perspective adjacent to those currently at hand: "We must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us." --John Winthrop Why Trump’s Ultimatum to Columbia Could Upend Higher Education nytimes.com/2025/03/20/us/…

A measured and well-informed assessment of the vandalism of the present, aided by a valuable sense of history: nytimes.com/2025/03/16/opi… #humanities #highered #academictwitter

Thanks to my hosts for a great visit!

"To focus on the soft power of campus orthodoxies and ignore the hard power of state censorship strikes me as more than a little perverse." --Brian Rosenberg #highered #academictwitter Universities Need to Defend Themselves, Not Remain Neutral chronicle.com/article/univer…

Strong academic writing can change the conversation. Make a greater impact with yours! Join us for The Future of Graduate Education and the Power of Meaningful Academic Writing on February 27, featuring scholar Leonard Cassuto (@LCassuto). Learn more at asuevents.asu.edu/event/future-g…

A college president offers a class in standing up to Trump wapo.st/3ENVtxX #highered #AcademicTwitter

Looking forward to my visit to Tempe next week: "ASU’s Humanities Institute Welcomes Renowned Scholar Leonard Cassuto" news.asu.edu/b/20250218-asu… #humanities #highered #academictwitter #writing

Some rare good news for the humanities during trying times: my latest CHE column profiles the surprising (and replicable!) success of the English dept at Wash U: chronicle.com/article/how-to… #humanities #HigherEd #AcademicTwitter #college

@seeshespeak Can I stay at the new summer house that you're financing?

If you go over time, hijack the q+a, or fail to address the topic of the special session you’re on, you get banned from MLA for 1 yr and also you have to pay me $5 This is an official policy, I definitely didn’t just make it up.

In which I connect my concerns about graduate education to *Academic Writing as if Readers Matter*. Thanks to Derek Bruff and Emily Donahoe for this conversation on the Intentional Teaching podcast: intentionalteaching.buzzsprout.com/2069949/episod… #academictwitter #phdchat #WritingCommunity

Professor Leonard Cassuto on the unique appeal of the Dublin Literary Award: "I particularly appreciate its democratic aspect, with the nominations coming from librarians. We should all value and enjoy literature together, and this award exemplifies that." @LCassuto @dubcilib

New podcast from Education Perspectives on *Academic Writing as if Readers Matter*. This was a fun conversation. #WritingCommunity #writingtips #PhD #AcademicTwitter #collegestudents education-perspectives.buzzsprout.com/2038558/episod…

Thanks for Ranjani Iyer Mohanty for this sympathetic and generous account of what I'm trying to accomplish in *Academic Writing as if Readers Matter*. #academictwitter #academia #WritingCommunity #writing #PhD fairobserver.com/culture/all-th… via @myfairobserver